A Hungarian artist duo uses artworks in the Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection to explore the idea of fractals and the patterns that unfold in textiles and in nature.  

Fractals are geometric patterns that reveal self-similar shapes and details no matter the scale. This fall, the Cotsen Textile Traces Study Center celebrates “Fractals in Textiles," a micro exhibition of artworks – from Peru, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Miao ethnic group and the Shipibo-Conibo people – that illustrate the elegance of repetitive shapes, patterns within patterns and mesmerizing motifs.  

In this talk, Judit Eszter Kárpáti and Esteban de la Torre will explore the beauty of fractals in textiles and the geometry that underpins everything around us.